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School voucher concept is flawed
Sponsors of House Bill 944, the school voucher bill, proposed certain changes during the bill’s first committee hearing this week. Changes include lowering the income required for eligibility, decreasing the total amount of money awarded, and increasing public accountability. As we approach the May 28 committee vote, let us not forget that the voucher concept itself is flawed. Siphoning funds from public schools will not generate t...
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Does GOP want to go there?
  In an April 28 page 14A letter to The Fayetteville Observer, a Spring Lake historian and Fayetteville conservative radio commentator accurately addressed “… the rest of the ‘riot’ story,” concerning the horror perpetrated by white supremacist Democrats on black Republicans in Wilmington in 1898. However, the account would leave uninformed readers believing that in the decades since, white Democrats remained white sup...
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‘We the people’ should come first
To give 12 to 20 million illegal aliens amnesty/path to citizenship/the vote, and have the Donkeys and Elephants fight over the Latino vote is not the best solution to solve the immigration mess we find ourselves in. It simply gives the amnesty/open border folks a whole bag of bargaining chips. One party promising them something to get their vote and the other party has to go one further and promise more. Case in point: Sen. Rubios’ grand p...
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Destroying guns is such a waste
 While millions of relinquished or confiscated guns are currently being destroyed by federal, state and local governments, why can’t they instead be expropriated for use by law enforcement agencies and/or the U.S. military? At first glance, it would appear that destruction of these firearms will make our streets safer; however, many of these guns will be replaced by new ones sold by gun dealers. Paul G. Jaehnert Vadnais Heights, Minn.
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We should all celebrate nurses
Nurses are all around us. They attend our births and deaths, administer healing treatments when we are ill, and help us promote well-being through public health and mental health programs. Almost every family can identify a nurse or two on its own family tree. Nurses are members of and care for members of every racial, religious and cultural group. For more than a century, North Carolina nurses have worked in rural and urban areas, provide...
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Profits remain more important
Sen. Thom Goolsby’s May 7 commentary, “Time to increase competition in health insurance,” addressed House Bill 247 which “’…creates a level playing field for insurers to deliver services at lower cost to North Carolinians.’” Even if competition is increased, the profit factor still affects the cost of medical care. Why can’t our political leaders set up a public option based on the same principle as Social Security and Workme...
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Show our ‘peace officers’ appreciation
May 12 - 18 (this week) is “National Police Week.” May 15 (Wednesday) is “Peace Officers Memorial Day.” Since the first recorded death in 1791, almost 20,000 law enforcement officers in the U.S. have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of duty, including at least four in Bladen County — Elizabethtown Police Chief Jimmy Bell, Bladen County Sheriff’s Deputy Jamie Collins, Bladenboro Police Officer Brian Ramey and Bladen ...
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Hatred or reaction to insult?
I saw a political cartoon that fittingly compared our nation’s “war on terror” to a marathon, since the last terrorist attack was at the Boston Marathon. However, the motive for this attack is in question because the surviving perpetrator is an American citizen, and he and his deceased brother have enjoyed the benefits of living in our great nation for more than a decade. The paradox of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism is tha...
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Restaurant owners give a farewell
After 23 years of business, happily and proudly serving you at Golden Run, we have decided, after long consideration, that it is time to say farewell and offer another family the opportunity to work with such an amazing community of people. The Ruan family is forever thankful for your customer support, loyalty and friendship over the last two decades and will undoubtedly cherish the memories created and shared with you all. To us, our patro...
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Help needed in Robeson County
Robeson County residents are asking for help in protecting our residents from a sand mining operation being placed in a residential/agricultural zoned community. A deal was made between Buie Lakes Plantation, a company from Charlotte, and the county commissioners of Robeson County to allow this company to mine 120 acres if a $22 million building was built first. The permit was granted with NO regard to the 100 citizens in opposition to this...
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Appraiser called into question
In the Friday, April 19, edition of the Bladen Journal, there is an article on the front page regarding the awarding of a contract for the county’s revaluation to Assessments Solutions of Garner after an original bid of $519,250 was resubmitted as an amended bid in the amount of $461,750. This company is the same company that did the revaluation about eight years ago. As a result of the high revaluation of my property, I filed a complaint...
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America must start to repent
Countries around the world are having money problems. The latest country is Cyprus, where the leaders are thinking of stealing 10 percent from the people’s savings accounts. What is happening in Europe will arrive here in due time. The United States borrows more than 40 cents to the dollar that it spends. The jobs the government speaks about in most cases do not pay good wages. The American dream is dead as a doornail. Most college gradua...
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